Tzom Kal

May these days be transformed into days of gladness and rejoicing

This Shabbat, the 17th of Tammuz, marked the beginning of The Three Weeks period of mourning which culminates on the 9th of Av. It commemorates the conquest of Jerusalem, the destruction of the Holy Temple and the dispersion of the Jewish people. Because it was Shabbat, the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz is postponed on Sunday.